Mar 8, 2012

pornophonique - 8-bit lagerfeuer

Are you in a hurry ? You can stream and download this release, for free and legally, either from the band's official website (where you can also buy the release on CD) or from a certain site, I am not sure of its name, maybe it is Jamendo.

This release is open-licensed, you can make copies for your friends.

Also, the lower-case at the beginning of the band's name is deliberate, as far as I know.

So, what are we talking about ? We are talking about a German duet, singing in English, mixing vocals, guitars, and electronic sounds, and especially chiptune sounds, made with a Gameboy and a Commodore 64. The rock influence is here, the chiptune influence is here too, so then you already guessed that I like this release a lot.

You may know, when I started writing for Underketing, I tried to write about as many releases from the past few years that I could remember, and that were, according to me, milestones in history of music.

The advantage of this approach is that I ended up with a very spontaneous style of writing - yes, I always write and publish as quickly as possible, that's why there's so many typos around.

But the drawback was there were chances for excellent releases to get forgotten in the process.

That's exactly what happened to this release. I just forgot to write about it. But when wandering on Flattr a few days ago, I found once again pornophonique, and after a few time I realised that not to have their release featured here was a big mistake.

Just because, this album is really good. Oh, I know, you may think it's just plain silly, or worse, to write songs about nerdy things such as (I quote the band) "the loneliness in computerdungeons". But the music is here. And, besides the thematic used by the project for the lyrics, there's the music. Just plain awesome music.

I must add, this release was recommended to me by a friend. That's a really good way to discover a release. And I don't mean yet-another-social-media-share, but, yeah, an old-fashioned email, with a brand new subject dedicated to the topic.

When a friend writes to you in such way, you have to go to check. That's what I did. And, at the first listening, I wasn't totally digging the music. But after listening to it more, now I can say this is exactly the kind of releases that I want to feature in my Underketing reviews. Excellent, really excellent music, the kind of music that can become just like an old fellow, by your side for long.

I must add, as a warning, on some tracks the overall result is quite powerful, and if you don't like such things, you may prefer some other tracks that are more nuanced. To be true, the release has the ability to be liked by various kind of people, all of them with their own taste.

I think I summed up everything that I wanted to say. Now it's up to you to act, or not. You can use one of the above links and discover this release, which is, I think, a great one. Or you can decide that it is not for you, just relying on my own opinion, which can be inaccurate or false. You get me ? I would suggest you not to trust what I said, and to go there, and to decide by yourself.

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